WAFU B U17: “GO FOR THE WIN,” UGBADE URGES HIS TEAM AS EAGLET LOCK HORN WITH ETALONS OF BURKINA FASO IN FINAL DUEL

Head Coach, Nduka Ugbade, has informed his Nigeria U-17 boys they nonetheless have grounds to overcome regardless of securing a ticket to the Africa U17 Cup of Nations happening in Algeria subsequent yr.

Nigeria will meet Burkina Faso within the ultimate match of the competitors as we speak on the Cape Coast Stadium, Ghana.

“We’re going into the ultimate match, and we’re up in opposition to Burkina Faso, a group that has gained all its 4 matches on this competitors.

We’ve got additionally gained our three matches right here however we should win the fourth and ultimate one to clinch the trophy.
Allow us to not enable Burkina Faso to play 5 matches and win all 5 matches. We should work assiduously to win all our 4 matches right here to be the one undefeated group of the match,” Ugbade informed the Golden Eaglets at a coaching session in Cape Coast on Wednesday.

Ugbade and the Eaglets have drawn rave evaluations up to now on the WAFU B U17 Championship, after scoring 10 targets of their three matches, whereas conceding solely 4, as left again Emmanuel Michael picked up the Man-of-the-Match award in every of the three video games.

Whereas Nigeria did the enterprise in a three-team Group A that additionally included hosts Ghana and Togo, Burkina Faso have been within the four-team Group that included Niger Republic, Cote d’Ivoire and Benin Republic.

The Younger Etalons dominated all of them, after which pipped three-time world champions Ghana 1-0 within the second semi ultimate on Tuesday to arrange a doubtlessly explosive Remaining with the Golden Eaglets.

Deadball revelation Emmanuel Michael would be the cynosure of eyes on the Cape Coast Stadium on Friday night, having scored thrice from free-kicks for Nigeria on this match. The match begins at 6.30pm Ghana time (7.30pm Nigeria time).

Nigeria and Burkina Faso are already certified to the Africa U-17 Championship, which Algeria will host subsequent yr, and from which Africa’s flagbearers to subsequent yr’s FIFA U17 World Cup in Peru will emerge.

Victory this night will imply Nigeria have swept the stakes in youth soccer within the seven-nation WAFU B inside one month, with the U-20 Boys (Flying Eagles) having gained the WAFU B U-20 Championship in Niger Republic simply final month.